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I reunite identified family photos that I find in antique shops and second hand stores with genealogists and family historians. If you see one of your ancestors here and would like to obtain the original, feel free to contact me. Donations of pre-1920 photographs are also most welcome. I hope you enjoy your visit!~The Archivist

Thursday, May 16, 2013

David and Cornelia Crammond, Frontenac County, Ontario, Bef. 1865

The reverse of this carte de visite photograph has two inscriptions on the back. The first, in fountain ink, "Mr & Mrs. David Crammond" and, the second, more recently, in ballpoint pen, "Grandmother Dunham's Mother & Father."

The David and Cornelia Crammond family can also be found in the 1871 Canada Census still living in Wolf Island. But how can we know we have the correct Crammond family? Well, the second inscription does give us a valuable bit of information to research further. We know that one of David Crammond's daughters married a man with the surname "Dunham."

A search of Ontario Marriages lands a good result. On the 24th of January 1871, the couple's eldest daughter, Adaline Oliva [Olivia? Oliver?] Crammond, 22 years of age, married William Dunham, an engineer from Cape Vincent. They married in Wolfe Island3. Her mother is listed as "Melissa Bush" and not Cornelia. There are several possibilities for the different name, including the possibility of name variations. In my own family tree I have one distant aunt who went by no less than four forenames during her lifetime. I think the most likely reason in this case, is that Melissa is Adaline's mother, and she may have passed away prior to 1861. If so, then the woman in the photograph would be Cornelia, Adaline's step-mother.

UPDATE: July 19, 2013Anne, who has researched this family, sent in the following supplemental information on the David Crammond families:If the photo is of Adeline (nee Crammond) Dunham’s mother Melissa Bush
it would have to be taken after the birth of her youngest child Alice
and before her death - pre husbands 2nd marriage 7 June 1859 (i.e.
1857/8- June 1859)

If the photo is of Adeline’s step mother
Cornelia (nee Abbott) Mitchell then most likely taken post 7 June 1859
marriage to David Crammond. (June 1859-1865)

David & Melissa ( Bush) Crammond are my Greatx 3 Grandparents, and Adeline Crammond & William Dunham are my Great x2 grandparents. Does anyone know how I can get a copy of this photo or get in contact with anyone who is also researching the Crammonds?Thank you!Erin Tuvey

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I am a member of the Assocation of Professional Genealogists, The National Genealogical Society, Ohio Genealogical Society and various other local genealogy groups.
I've been working on my own family tree for about 30 years now.

A Note about Accuracy

Identification and research is often based upon information found in a handwritten notation on a photograph. The assumption is that the written identification is correct, but at the same time, know that errors could have been made, especially when the identification was added to the photo many years after the image was created. The only way to absolutely verify the identity of a person in one of these photographs, even after careful research, is to compare the image in question to another known photograph.